Cloth doll head and a method for making same

Abstract

A cloth doll's head and a method for manufacturing the same comprising the assembly of a soft cloth scalp cap, a soft cloth face portion, and stitching of synthetic or organic hair fibers directly to the soft cloth scalp cap. The hair and selected human facial features are embroidered, sewn, or otherwise imprinted on the outer surface of the scalp cap and face plate in a manner that is safe for a child.

1. A method for producing a cloth doll's head comprising:
 cutting from a tightly woven cloth in a predetermined pattern a scalp cap comprised of a left, right, and center scalp portion; 
 forming the right and left scalp portions to have a hemispherical cut portion opposite an upper, lower, and center cut portion, the center cut portion being substantially flat and curving the upper and lower cut portions; 
 the center scalp portion having a top, lower, right and left cut portion, and cutting a notch into the centermost part of the lower cut portion; 
 forming an assembled scalp cap by sewing the right and left scalp portions to the center scalp portion such that the hemispherical cut portions of the right and left scalp portions are sewn to the right and left cut portions of the center scalp portion, a stitch being positioned below the periphery of the cut edges to ensure secure attachment; 
 forming the assembled scalp portion to have right, left, top and back portions, and an inner cavity proscribed by the right, left, top and back portions; 
 forming the scalp cap to have a crown indicating the upper rear location of the doll's head when in a fully assembled state; 
 forming the inner cavity of the scalp cap to have an inner and outer surface, a stitching visible on the inner surface of the cavity, the outer surface of the scalp cap comprising the outer surface of the doll's scalp; 
 forming a cloth face portion to comprise a face plate and right and left jaw portions, the face plate and right and left jaw portions having inner and outer surfaces, and outer surfaces to have the outer surface of the fully assembled doll's face; 
 forming the face plate to comprise a top, right, left, and chin portion, embroidering, sewing or painting the outer surface of the face to depict selected features of a human face; 
 forming the right and left jaw portions to have top, bottom, outer and inner cut sides, the inner cut side to have an upper and lower portion and an outwardly extending tab at the uppermost portion of the inner cut sides; 
 assembling the face portion by sewing the right and left jaw portions to the face plate such that the upper cut portion of the left jaw portion is sewn to the face plate from the chin portion up the left jaw portion of the face plate to the periphery between the left and top cut portions of the face place, and sewing the right jaw portion to the face plate from the chin portion up the right jaw portion of the face plate with the right and left jaw portions sewn together at the tab portion; 
 cutting and measuring a length of hair to be sewn onto the scalp portion; assembling individual hair strands into discrete hair bundles and sewing the discrete hair bundles into a linear hair segment; 
 sewing the linear hair segment to the outer surface of the scalp cap in concentric rings starting in a region surrounding the crown and sweeping in an outwardly spiraling fashion; 
 sewing the face portion and the scalp cap together to form an assembled head such that the top cut portion of the face plate and the outer cut portion of the right and left jaw portions are sewn from one side of the notch at the back of the scalp cap and around to the opposite side of the notch; 
 turning the assembled head right-side-out. 
 
   
   
     2. A method for producing a cloth doll's head according to  claim 1 , wherein the scalp cap is comprised of a soft cloth material. 
   
   
     3. A method for producing a cloth doll's head according to  claim 2 , wherein the face portion is comprised of a soft cloth material. 
   
   
     4. A method for producing a cloth doll's head according to  claim 1 , wherein the face portion is comprised of a soft cloth material. 
   
   
     5. A method for producing a cloth doll's head according to  claim 1 , wherein the face plate is comprised of a soft cloth material. 
   
   
     6. A method for producing a cloth doll's head according to  claim 1 , wherein the hair strands are polyvinyl chloride. 
   
   
     7. A method for producing a cloth doll's head according to  claim 6 , wherein the hair strands are dyed. 
   
   
     8. A method for producing a cloth doll's head according to  claim 1 , wherein the selected human facial features are embroidered or sewn onto the outer surface of the face plate. 
   
   
     9. A method for producing a cloth doll's head according to  claim 1 , wherein the selected human facial features are painted onto the outer surface of the face plate. 
   
   
     10. A method for producing a cloth doll's head according to  claim 1 , wherein the hair strands in the linear hair segment are curled. 
   
   
     11. A method for producing a cloth doll's head according to  claim 10 , wherein the hair strands in the linear hair segment are curled by wrapping the hair strands of the linear hair segment around a roller and heating. 
   
   
     12. A method for producing a cloth doll's head according to  claim 11 , wherein the hair strands in the linear hair segment are curled by heating for approximately 25 minutes at a temperature ranging from about 65 to 70 degrees Centigrade. 
   
   
     13. A method for producing a cloth doll's head according to  claim 1 , wherein the linear hair segment is produced by sewing the hair bundles together using three parallel stitches. 
   
   
     14. A method for producing a cloth doll's head according to  claim 13 , wherein the stitched portion of the linear hair segment is glued or melted to fuse the hair bundles and the stitches together.